1. A mascara to give you lashes so dramatic, no one will believe you when you tell them you bought it for less than $5 on Amazon. No need to spend hours wrestling with falsies to get the long lashes of your dreams.

Reviewers also rave that this lasts all day . Thank goodness! You have better things to do than re-apply throughout the day. Check out the Essence Lash Princess mascara on TikTok ! Promising review: "I’m a teacher and since the pandemic hit, I no longer wear makeup to school.

Makeup irritates my skin with my mask, so I just haven’t been wearing anything. Plus, it makes morning time hella easy. #bareface I only put on the mascara, literally no other makeup on my face.

Just my lashes were done with this $5 magic. I kid you not — my lashes were literally ALL I heard about that day. Upon walking into the building, a teacher friend from all the way at the other end of the hall was like, 'Oh, she got makeup on today!!!!' Each kid that came up to me commented on the lashes.

And the best story of all: A teammate of mine was out, and the sub was having trouble with the announcements, so I went in to help her. Her homeroom just went wild about my lashes, and then they started clapping, and I got a standing ovation. A literal standing ovation.

Best $5 I’ve ever spent LOL!" — Katie Get it from Amazon for $4.99 . BuzzFeed editor Kayla Boyd wrote an in-depth Essence Lash Princess mascara review .

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